Black Card Debt: Daddy's Little Thief (Omegaverse bl)-Chapter 54: Glimpse into the past

Seoha’s POV

Nothing prepared me for the sight in front of me.

Tears are forgotten, fears are forgotten, I just watch the alpha get hit across the face with a cane by the man from the meeting room, his own grandfather from what I know.

My jaw drops open and I slap my palm over my mouth in shock.

I keep watching them, staying frozen till Taesan starts to follow the elderly man, he looks like the last thing he wants to do is follow him and my body surges forward before I think twice.

And that’s when Taesan’s eyes find mine, dark, warning and just full of bottled anger, but I ignore him as I take the first step forward.

Taesan shakes his head and a hand is slapped over my mouth, and I’m pulled backwards into a sturdy body with force, "let me go!" I growl and claw at the hands of the person.

"Don’t be stupid" Junho’s voice says and the beta keeps me pressed to his body while I struggle, "he’s- that man is going to hurt him!" I say through my teeth, trying to fight his hands off me.

"And what are you going to do?" Junho asks me, his voice is sharp and angry as he finally lets me go and I stumble forward weakly.

’And what are you going to do?’

I was helpless in front of Taesan just minutes ago, here I am acting like I have any protection to offer, like I can really be of help.

’Alpha’ my omega whines in pain.

"Then do something" I say to Junho and he looks pained as he shoves his hands into his pockets, "there is nothing that can be done and you will stay out of it"

"Is that all you do in this- this world?" I ask with my voice shaking with emotions, "is this all you do?" I ask again and gesture around the dead house, it is impossible that no one heard the noise

"You see things and act like you never did, you coward!" I yell and push at his chest.

My brain warns me that I’m being stupid, but my omega is enraged at the way the alpha is in trouble for the second time, and it’s the same thing I’m being told; ’you didn’t see anything’.

"Seoha-ssi..." Junho calls my name softly.

How many times has this happened to Taesan and others looked away from him? Is that why he refuses to look away from me?

I shove at Junho’s chest in frustration and try to go past him, but he grabs my wrists with force and pins me to the wall, pushing my back into the stone wall.

"This is how things are done if you want to survive" the beta growls at me.

His eyes are darker than I have ever seen, they look like he has the exact same demons as Taesan...but his are more controlled.

"You don’t know anything, and it’s better to keep it that way, Taesan will be fine" he says and it’s like the elevator all over again, but this time I’m not crying, I’m more stable, and I’m glaring at him.

"How many scars did you stand by and watch him get?" I ask and Junho’s eyes flash with murderous intent, but he steps back from me.

"You will not last a month if you continue like this" he says softly.

"And I’d hate that for you" he whispers.

"I-" I start to speak but he interrupts me.

"I know how you feel about him, I understand, but you will be foolish to end your life too soon for him" Junho says and my chest tightens with a strange pain.

"I don’t have any feelings for him" I say and the beta shakes his head, "remain innocent Seoha, you have Sooin to take care of till he’s back" Junho says and I feel my body weaken at the mention of the pup.

Sooin.

"Taesan said today is his day off, I came for some documents when I saw you" he says, changing the topic like Taesan just went on a break as he gestures to the office.

"I’ll leave now, and I’ll trust you not to do anything foolish" Junho says to me and I nod my head in quiet defeat, "yes" I say quietly.

Junho looks at me once more before leaving me standing against the wall, once he’s gone, I slide down to the floor with my fingers buried in my hair.

’Junho said he’d be back before and he came back, he’ll be back’ I tell my omega to calm him, and I repeat it again, this time it’s to calm myself.

Pulling myself up, I return to the office, to the journal he asked me to read, and I pick it up to open the first page.

’From Haseul to Sannie’

Those first words make me pause, the nickname Sannie feels personal, like it’s from someone who knows him well.

I sit in a leather chair and flip through the pages, the first few pages are impersonal, containing the record of sales and reports...all dated sixteen years ago.

Things change as there is a page covered in dried blood, there is blue ink over the blood, written with unsteady hand.

Mom died in my arms today. Dad cried. Grandpa laughed.

With my lips pressed together, I read the lines over and over again as I realize that the blood on the pages must be his mom’s...he held his dying mother and his own grandfather laughed?

I flip the next page and can’t read the words on it, they are written in a way that looks incoherent, and they get even more illegible for the next few pages.

When the incoherent writings end, the next writing resumes with records of family sales and lessons, after a two-year jump.

In between sale records, numbers and calculations, there are accounts of abuse written in casual words...like it is a normal thing.

I went with grandfather to the shooting range. Missed a shot. Broken ribs and nose.

My eyes blur with tears and my scent turns bitter as I read more and more of it.

I rebelled again. grandfather broke my leg with his cane. I’ll have to use a cane from now on.

The last line I read makes me drop my head and cry.

I want to change this world, but I can’t be weak like father and mother, it takes a beast to kill a beast. I can do it. I have nothing to lose.

I flip the pages again, it’s record of Taesan spiraling into madness, Taesan growing darker and then a three-year time jump.

I want to change the world; I have everything to lose now. I don’t want it, but I already love her. Kang Sooin. I must work harder now.

"Dad?" Sooin’s voice calls from outside the door and my already broken heart breaks into a hundred pieces more.